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Halloween calls for spooky reads right? What better time of year is there to snuggly down under a blanket and terrify yourself with a story? I love a good scary book so I thought I would round up some of my favourite spooky books for you to enjoy this Halloween.
- The House Beneath the Oak Trees by Faye Belle
- The Outsider by Stephen King
- The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor
- Berkley Street series by Ron Ripley
- The Last Day’s of Jack Sparks by Jason Arnopp
- The Taking of Annie Thorne by C.J. Tudor
- Tales from The Haunted Mansion series by Amicus Arcane
- The Lingering by S.J.I Holliday
- The Craftsman by Sharon Bolton
- If It Bleeds by Stephen King
- Bone China by Laura Purcell
- The Other People by C.J. Tudor
- The Coffin Path by Katherine Clements
- The Lost Ones by Anita Frank
- Goosebumps series by R.L. Stine
- The Familiars by Stacey Halls
- Apartment 16 by Adam Nevill
- The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
- Dark Matter by Michelle Paver
- Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
- The Witchfinder’s Sister by Beth Underdown
- Strange Star by Emma Carroll
- S.T.A.G.S by M.A. Bennett
- In a Dark, Dark, Wood by Ruth Ware
- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
- Wakenhyrst by Michelle Paver
- The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
- Marina by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
- Paradise Girl by Phill Featherstone
- The Esther and Jack Enright Mystery series by David Field
I’ll be honest, spooky books are my favourite to read at any time of the year. It always feels better reading them when it’s cold and dark outside though because it just adds to the atmosphere. For that reason I do like to pack in as many spooky books as I can around Halloween.
I’ve tried to include a good mixture of books that could fall under the umbrella of ‘spooky’ as I know not everyone will want to be terrified so there’s some atmospheric historical novels in there as well as some young adult novels and some crime novels too.
Do you like reading spooky books at Halloween? Leave some of your favourite scary book recommendations in the comments!
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I’ve not read any of these but I am slowly becoming a big fan of the more spooky, thriller type books.
I’m going to check these out. Thank you for sharing x
There’s definitely some tamer ones on this list to ease you into spooky books!
I love reading spooky books this time of year! It just feels right! 🙂
Have read and loved some of these recommendations and have a few more waiting to be read like Dark Matter which I picked up a few days ago! Can’t wait to get into that one.
My spooky recs would be The Midnight Palace by Carlos Ruiz Zafón and Home Before Dark by Riley Sager. 🙂
I love Carlos Ruiz Zafon books I’ve never heard of your other recommendation though so I’ll definitely be checking that out!
It is indeed a sequel and it’s sooo good! I definitely need to read the Mr Mercedes books.
Thanks! That’s a really good classic choice.
My favorite spooky books are books that border strange events in our world and make us wonder what if it is real? For that reason, I love Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. Both sad and haunting.
It was a very good book!
I’m not really into spooky books but it’s definitely something I’d look into. I loved Miss Peregrines home for peculiar children film. Thanks for sharing.
You should definitely give the book a go!
I’m more of a scary movie person than books
I love both scary movies and books!
Me too! I hope you enjoy the books.
I hope you enjoy the books. It’s one of my favourite genres too. Good luck with your masters!
I have ABSOLUTELY bookmarked this because I am obsessed with thrillers anyway – especially this month! Gx
I hope you find some new books to read!
I’ll add that to my list. Thanks for the recommendation!
These all sound like wonderful spooky books, not read any of them yet but need them all.
Mel 🌙 | Moonlight Mel
They’re great, I hope you enjoy them!